Posts by Spacepower

I read awhile back that Google gives the carriers a tiny kickback from the ad revenue earned on Android phones. While the amount was pretty small at the time, under $10 million, its more than enough to cover Verizon/AT&T CEOs and VPs...

Quote:Originally Posted by retroneo Reeder has announced on their twitter feed that Reeder users will be unaffected by the Google Reader shutdown. Presumably they are coming up with an alternative solution. I never bought Reeder bc...

Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp  So does anyone have any info on how accurate IDC has been in the past when talking about Apple? Anybody?   In one of the links above, IDC said in May 2010, that the tablet...

I guess this judge isn't getting a new job working for Samsung

Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69  Can Apple lower the price? In turn would Rovio then have to lower the price on other platforms?     Apple doesn't set the prices. The people selling the goods...

Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna  There have been suits before about Apple's vertical integration and Apple always wins them. VI is not illegal and not antitrust. Nor is being popular, like iTunes is,...

This article totally missed the SeekingAlpha's article authors's disclosure at the top of that page.    The author is LONG on VirnetX stock. He has a finacial interest in making VirnetX stock rise. Doom and Gloom for...

So Google is going to "innovate" in streaming music?   im still waiting for them to innovated email and calendars bc they are basically using the same open standards invented decades before but they haven't innovated the way...

Reminds me of QuickTime VR (virtual reality I think?) that I used in the mid-late 1990s.  Except back then you had to have special software on a computer.    While the ad is obviously unoriginal, it's better than...

I love these things. IDC and many of the other "reports" are paid PR. Pay and they'll make you look good with their numbers.   I take all these reports with a grain of salt since most companies don't release their numbers. Why...